Leonid Vasilievich Milov was a professor in the History Faculty of Moscow State University, an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Andrei Parshev is a Russian publicist, author of well-known books in Russia: “Why Russia Is Not America,” “Why America Is Advancing.”
L. V. Milov and A. P. Parshev were the first among Russian researchers to address the most important questions of Russian history that until now, for one reason or another, had escaped the attention of historians. The main merit of the authors is that they managed to identify the influence of the natural-climatic factor on Russia’s economy, social structure, and Russian statehood as a whole—that is, they deal with creating a certain model of society and its specific traits.
This is what the book presented to your attention is about. After reading it, it becomes clear why Russia still never became fully a European country, why and will remain an original state.